Around Brooklyn: Coronavirus hits Hasidic community
Coronavirus hits Hasidic community
At least 100 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood, amid intense debates within and around such communities over continued gatherings for prayer, study and celebrations like weddings. The spike in infections was clear evidence that the Hasidic community had been slow to act decisively in stopping the spread of coronavirus. “We were late as a community in closing our schools,” said Avi Grenstein, chief executive of the Borough Park Jewish Community Council.
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